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Special Projects Organizer
Company | WFP |
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Location | New York, NY, USA |
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Salary | $65000 – $80000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- At least 1 years of structure-based organizing experience at a community organization or labor union, especially relevant skills include: deep listening, agitational 1:1s, and committee-building; at least 2 years experience in social movements/politics overall
- Experience navigating complex emotional and social dynamics, sometimes in high-stakes situations
- Must have experience building teams of teams or committees of committees and know how to develop leadership at multiple levels
- Strong organizational skills, able to keep track of multiple projects at once
- Must be able to see all people in their full humanity and as people capable of being full agents in undoing our conditions of injustice and inequality, including by leveraging wealth and privilege
- Must feel comfortable being in wealthy spaces and primarily working with wealthy people
- Excellent reading, research, and writing skills
- Interest in or introductory experience with philanthropic world
Responsibilities
- Support developing team and leadership structures
- Execute base-building and leadership development plans, including through 1:1s, committee-building, list-building, leadership assessments, trainings, campaign actions, debriefs, feedback sessions, and more
- When we are in campaign mode (for issue, electoral or other campaigns or we’re recruiting a cohort), support and execute campaign plans that build leadership in our project, including in partnership with our movement partners
- Campaign actions could include phonebanking, canvassing, etc.
- Shadow and assist at meetings and events
- Support logistics, operations and administrative work
- Assist with the development of training curriculum
- Research variety of texts and other types of media to support the research needed to develop political education within the project, including on subjects such as how do different communities debrief and learn lessons from experiences, the lineages of wealthy people playing important roles in historical change, and more
Preferred Qualifications
- Interest in or introductory experience with philanthropic world